Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 11
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Award winner
  • Overall weighted support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

THE FORGET ME NOT CHILDREN'S HOSPICE

Supporting children with life limiting conditions and their families through Hospice at Home service, and through other core services within our Children's Hospice in Huddersfield.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity is a recent Award Winner
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there 14 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12?

Financial issues to consider:

  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23*£5,039£4,855£184£2,116£3,533£3,3548.3135300
31/03/22£4,476£4,163£313£1,805£3,351£3,2559.4125350
31/03/21*£3,902£3,689£213£1,513£3,038£2,9509.6122368
31/03/20?£3,172£3,054£118£1,391£2,825£2,75410.8127499
30/06/19£4,234£4,777£-543£2,001£2,708£2,6936.8149510
30/06/18*£5,241£4,875£367£2,324£4,065£3,2868.11260
30/06/17£3,522£3,489£33£1,543£3,692£3,66812.6910
30/06/16*£3,257£3,207£50£1,320£3,629£3,61613.5870
30/06/15£3,153£3,238£-85£1,382£3,607£3,60513.4790
30/06/14£2,849£2,854£-5£1,244£3,692£3,36814.2820
30/06/13£2,000£1,674£326£548£3,636£3,35124420
30/06/12£1,570£1,182£388£461£3,310£3,01330.6300
30/06/11£1,354£723£631£376£2,923£2,63943.8220
30/06/10£591£393£198£305£2,291£2,27769.580
30/06/09£718£238£481£206£2,093£2,090105.570
30/06/08£716£156£560£114£1,613£1,608123.750
30/06/07£457£124£333n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/06£794£74£720n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 83.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 43.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 17%
Liabilities/Income: 15%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 95%
Reserves/Spending: 8.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1.9
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 19 years

www.forgetmenotchild.co.uk

finance@forgetmenotchild.co.uk

01484411040

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Disability
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Hospice & bereavement services
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bradford City, Calderdale, City Of Wakefield, Kirklees, Leeds City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Awards received
  • Charity Awards 2022 Children and youth
Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Department of Health£749,960
National Lottery Community Fund£307,134
BBC Children in Need£177,027
DCMS£90,332
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Forget Me Not Children's Hospice
£3,431 21/10/2023
We will create a reflection & sensory garden designed to allow the whole family to spend quality time in a space that will allow them to relax, make memories together and reflect.
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Bereavement Counselling - EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing)
£5,000 05/09/2023
Grant to Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Grant to Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice
£3,575 01/09/2023
Grant to Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Forget Me Not Children's Hospice
£99,027 07/08/2023
This three-year project supports bereaved siblings through free support groups and one-to-one work. It will improve emotional wellbeing in the short- and long-term, along with building their resilience.
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Forget Me Not Children's Hospice
£5,000 15/03/2023
Core costs for Advancement of Health/Saving Lives
National Lottery Community Fund - Forget Me Not - Upgrading our garden paths to maximise accessibility
£10,000 20/01/2023
The funding will be used to upgrade the garden paths at the hospice. The aim of the project is to improve the accessibility of the spaces within the hospice grounds so that they can be used by children and families.
Department of Health - Forget Me Not Childrens Hospice
£462,772 01/06/2022
The grant supports the sustainable hospice service offer of palliative and end of life care for children and young people. Please note that these hospice grants were previously funded by DHSC and was then transferred to NHSE to distribute and manage ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 11/02/2022
Support for families losing a baby before birth or in the baby's first month - our perinatal service.
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Forget Me Not Children's Hospice
£50,000 09/12/2021
Replacement flooring to improve infection control. Grant awarded through 'rapid route' in response to Covid-19 pandemic.
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Grant to Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice
£1,650 09/12/2021
Grant to Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Outreach Parent Wellbeing Support Groups for Calderdale Families
£2,500 16/11/2021
Grant to Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£1,225 10/11/2021
Unrestricted funding for hospices
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Forget Me Not Children's Hospice
£4,597 23/10/2021
The funding from Co-op would allow Forget Me Not Children's Hospice to purchase an Acheeva bed for our amazing children.
National Lottery Community Fund - Here for You
£297,134 17/09/2021
This project will provide vital bereavement support for hundreds of local families with children who had life-shortening illnesses or who died suddenly.
Department of Health - Forget Me Not Childrens Hospice
£287,188 14/09/2021
The grant supports the sustainable hospice service offer of palliative and end of life care for children and young people.
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice UK Partnership
£25,000 31/03/2021
Promoting awareness, understanding and breaking down barriers about hospice care within the BAME communities
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Forget Me Not Children's Hospice
£3,546 24/10/2020
Purchase and install a sun canopy within our garden to allow vulnerable children and families to play and interact in a safe environment.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Forget Me Not Children's Hospice
£75,000 09/09/2020
12
COVID19 - This project will deliver overnight stays to children with life shortening conditions and their siblings who are experiencing a reduction in care and poor mental health due to Covid-19. This will result in improved wellbeing and physical ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£90,332 09/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Forget Me Not Children's Hospice
£3,000 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund a digital system and staff training to support to parents of babies, children and young people with life limiting conditions who are also isolated due to Covid-19. As a result families will feel more engaged.
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£2,750 11/03/2020
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Forget Me Not Children's Hospice
£5,000 21/11/2019
Core costs for Advancement of Health/Saving Lives
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Forget Me Not Children's Hospice
£5,000 21/11/2019
Core costs for Advancement of Health/Saving Lives
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£2,500 28/03/2019
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Forget Me Not Children's Hospice
£29,499 22/11/2018
36
This project will support children with life-limiting conditions and their siblings with play therapy. It will increase their ability to understand and express their feelings of grief, anxiety, and fear.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Forget Me Not Children's Hospice
£4,523 19/11/2018
Help us purchase and build a pirate ship activity area with full wheelchair access in the Forget Me Not Children's Hospice garden.
True Colours Trust - Support for siblings
£5,000 16/12/2014
Support for siblings
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (14)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 39-67
  • ADRIAN ROBERT GORDON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Governance Manager
  • ALEXANDRA LOUISE CLEMENTS FEMALE Appointed: 2022
  • ANDREW JOHN GREEN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Group Finance Director & Company Secretary
  • CLAIRE WOODFORD Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Registered Nurse
  • DR DAVID ANDERSON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Doctor
  • DR EILEAN GAIL CROSBIE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Consultant Paediatrician
  • ELISABETH ANN STREET Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Pharmacist
  • JEREMY DAVID CROSS (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Company Director
  • JOANNE ELLIS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Operations Director
  • MARGARET FALCONER Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired
  • PAUL DAVID WOOLSTON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired
  • PAUL HARVEY STEAD Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Company Director
  • SARAH VIRGINIA RAMSEY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Senior Director
  • TIMOTHY DAVID MCBURNEY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/07/2005, number: 1110457
  • Registered at Companies House on 15/06/2005, number: 05481614
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR23: 5 days late, AR21: 3 days late, AR18: 7 days late, AR16: 10 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from CALDERDALE HELP IN BEREAVEMENT (C.H.I.B.S.) on 19/01/2021
  • Asset transfer in from HUDDERSFIELD COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' ASSOCIATION BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION on 07/06/2023
  • Asset transfer in from THE F.V. AND E. BROOK CHARITABLE TRUST on 13/12/2023
  • Asset transfer in from ROTARY CLUB OF HUDDERSFIELD TRUST FUND on 08/10/2024
Main office

Forget Me Not Childrens Hospice
Russell House
Fell Greave Road
HUDDERSFIELD
HD2 1NH

Objectives

THE SUPPORT AND RELIEF OF CHILDREN RESIDENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WITH EXTRAORDINARY MEDICAL NEEDS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY THE PROVISION OF CHILDREN'S HOSPICE SERVICES, COMMUNITY BASED CHARITABLE SERVICES AND SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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